Air New Zealand Boeing 777-219ER ZK-OKH, which has been under maintenance at Auckland since 5th April, returned to service this morning operating NZ296 Auckland – Apia. The aircraft has been reconfigured to 26J/40W/246Y with ten abreast seating in Economy.

Air New Zealand A320 ZK-OJD, which has been under maintenance at Christchurch since 18th May, positioned Christchurch – Norfolk Island as NZ6002 this morning and returned to service as NZ797 Norfolk Island – Christchurch.

Air New Zealand today announced the schedule for the new Auckland – Houston Boeing 777-200ER service announced on 15th April. Services commence on December 15th 2015 and will operate between 3x and 5x weekly depending on the season. Schedules are as follows:

Following its diversion last night, Air New Zealand A320 ZK-OJK positioned Auckland – Christchurch as NZ6231 this morning. The aircraft then operated NZ891 Christchurch – Melbourne, however it stopped the climb at 6,000 ft due to pressurisation problems, circled to work checklists and then diverted to Auckland without exceeding 14,000 ft.

Air New Zealand Boeing 767-319ER ZK-NCL operating NZ40 Auckland – Papeete was at 35,000 ft just over 30 minutes into the flight when crew turned back towards Auckland, descended to 20,000 ft and burned fuel over the North Island before returning to Auckland for a safe landing. The flight was subsequently cancelled.

Air New Zealand A320 ZK-OAB operating NZ335 Wellington – Christchurch returned to Wellington this morning due to weather at Christchurch. The aircraft then operated an additional Wellington – Christchurch sector as NZ6141.

Air New Zealand A320 ZK-OJB operating NZ739 Auckland – Brisbane diverted to Sydney this evening due to weather at Brisbane. The aircraft then positioned Sydney – Auckland as NZ6032. As a result NZ734 Brisbane – Auckland was cancelled.